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Webcasting ejected from broadcasting treaty
News The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on Friday welcomed the news that webcasting will no longer be included in the World Intellectual Property Organization's (Wipo) broadcasting treaty. The EFF... [09 May 2006]
Sony unearths new copy-protection threat
News Sony BMG Music Entertainment and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) digital rights group jointly announced Tuesday that they had found, and fixed, a new computer security risk associated with some of the record... [07 Dec 2005]
Apple delays fan site subpoenas
News The Electronic Frontier Foundation said on Wednesday that it has reached a tentative agreement with Apple to delay subpoena requests until after a court hears the EFF's objections. In an email, EFF... [17 Feb 2005]
56-bit encryption cracked in three days
News The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) last week deciphered a 56-bit string of encrypted code in just three days. The EFF developed its own hardware for the task. Barry Steinhardt, EFF... [20 Jul 1998]
Napster II: the revenge of P2P
News But civil liberties group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), which has in the past represented hackers, cryptographers and computer scientists in digital rights cases, is claiming that MusicCity is not simply... [07 Nov 2001]
File-sharers plead for legitimacy
News Shari Steele, the executive director of the EFF, said in a statement that copyright law is "out of step with the views of the American public and the reality of music distribution online". EFF Senior... [02 Jul 2003]
Apple vs the media - and ISPs, now
News In a posting on its website, the EFF applauded the filings, saying that "the coalition of newspapers and media organisations recognised that the trial court's disregard for the First Amendment would broadly chill... [12 Apr 2005]
Apple, Microsoft, Napster slammed over DRM
News The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has put the issue of DRM (digital rights management) in online music under the microscope - and has found the key digital song shops seriously wanting. Apple, Microsoft, Napster... [02 Sep 2005]
'How to blog about your boss and not get sacked'
News In order to help would-be bloggers stay on the right side of the law - and their bosses - the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has now launched a guide for blogging in the workplace. The EFF advisory... [11 Apr 2005]
AOL: No 'email tax' on not-for-profits
News On Monday, a consortium of not-for-profit and public interest groups, including the AFL-CIO, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Gun Owners of America and MoveOn.org Civic Action, lashed out at the plan by AOL and... [06 Mar 2006]
RIAA website hacked again
News The RIAA also wants legislation allowing them to run denial of service attacks against P2P networks legally, a move that has angered many online groups, including the online civil liberties group, the Electronic Frontiers Foundation... [06 Jan 2003]
Copyright tussle looming over online video?
News The signatories included AT&T, Dell, HP, Intel, Sony, TiVo and Verizon Communications, as well as the American Library Association, the Broadband Service Providers Association, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)... [06 Sep 2006]
Are spam blacklists killing legitimate emails?
News EFF has received complaints from noncommercial listserv owners that they have ongoing problems getting their solicited messages through," Cohn said, adding that EFF had begun to draft a list of "best... [02 May 2003]
Google wi-fi rollout begins
News The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) released a report which found that among the original six proposals from bidders, the Google-EarthLink pitch was among the worst in addressing privacy concerns. [08 Jun 2006]
Apple decision put on hold
News EFF attorney Kurt Opsahl said: "Apple is saying that trade secrets are an exception to reporters' privileges. EFF attorneys note that the publications in the case, PowerPage, Apple Insider and Think... [07 Mar 2005]
